The slow disassociation of the Hays CISD from the Confederacy has gone on for almost two decades, with the last major step taken in 2015 when “Dixie” was dropped as a fight song.
In the wake of the murder of Houston native George Floyd beneath the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, there have been calls on social media for the district to go further, with some suggestion the “Rebel” be replaced as mascot.
“This isn’t about me, it’s about our values,” Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell told the Hays Free Press. “To most graduates of Hays High School, ‘Rebel Pride’ means the same thing as ‘Ranger Pride’ or ‘Lobo Pride.’ But to the outside world it means something different.
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